Quote by Ruth Benedict
If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the tr

If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits. – Ruth Benedict

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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. – George Bernard Shaw

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